The theme of this Commercial Association banquet was a discussion on how to deal with the Magic Fans stockpiled by the various merchant guilds. On the surface, it seemed to have nothing to do with Xu Yi or the Xinfei Merchant Guild, but everyone knew that their stance was crucial to finding a satisfactory solution.
Thus, as soon as Xu Yi and Stille appeared at the banquet, the presidents of the other merchant guilds greeted Xu Yi with tremendous warmth, no matter how unhappy they felt inside.
Once the Commercial Association's joint meeting formally began, however, that warmth vanished without a trace.
The president of a small merchant guild was the first to challenge him.
"President Xu, you keep insisting that you've shared all the materials related to Magic Fan production technology. Why, then, are the Magic Fans our guild produces still inferior in quality to your Xinfei Magic Fans? Have you been holding something important back?"
Xu Yi glanced at him. "President Mita, correct? I can assure you that I've shared every bit of production technology related to Magic Fans. As for the difference in quality, all I can say is that your guild hasn't been careful enough during production. That has nothing to do with me."
President Mita flew into a rage. "Nonsense! Don't forget that we bought the Magic Machine Tools we use to produce Magic Fans-and even our entire production line-from your Xinfei Merchant Guild. Every one of our workers was trained under the guidance of your technicians, too. If there's still a difference in quality after all that, it can only mean you haven't given us the complete production technology. How is that our fault?"
"Oh? Is that so?" Xu Yi smiled and asked, "President Mita, the Magic Fans your guild produces are called Milgen